The Monster of Her Dreams

Guillermo del Toro says he is not a horror filmmaker—he’s a ‘creature evangelist.’ Whatever you call what he does, his latest movie, The Shape of Water, is a ravishing love story

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BY EMILY GAUDETTE

@emilygmonster

THE NAZI NEXT DOOR

A new book about growing up across the street from Hitler.

IN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF GUILLERMO del Toro’s The Shape of Water, a mute janitor named Elisa, played by Sally Hawkins, draws herself a bath and masturbates. She completes this quick ritual several times early in the film, as part of her daily routine. Elisa is lonely, and efficient.

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IN GUNS WE TRUST
This week, in order to understand America’s obsession with guns, we've come to proud and defiant Texas. Texas is an American state, like Texas as a republic before that and Texas as a Mexican state before that, survived only because armed civilians did what their government could not do — keep them safe, keep them alive. Without guns, there would be no Texas.